Survival Guide

Survival Guide

July 16, 1998

REMINDER

BALD EAGLE RESEARCHER TO SPEAK. A research biologist with the Center for Conservation Biology at William and Mary will speak today at 7:30 p.m. at the Virginia Zoo during a public program of the zoo's Adult Lecture Series. The lecture is free and open to the public. Information: 626-0803.

BY THE NUMBERS

CAR SEAT SAFETY. Car seats reduce the risk of death by 69 percent for infants and by 47 percent for toddlers. It is estimated that 200 lives could be saved and 20,000 injuries prevented annually if all children ages four and under were properly restrained. Source: Peninsula SAFEKIDS Coalition

OZONE FORECAST

CODE GREEN. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality forecasts that ground-level ozone levels will be Code Green, in the "good" range, this afternoon and evening in Hampton Roads. Ozone formed in the air is expected to be low.

HIGHWAY HEADACHES

TRAFFIC HOT LINES. For information about closings and traffic conditions for Hampton Roads, call the Daily Press 1-LINE at 928-1111 and enter category 7623 (ROAD). The call is toll-free throughout most of Hampton Roads. For Smithfield, call 357-6594.

WILLIAMSBURG STREET CLOSING. North Boundary Street will be closed between Lafayette and Scotland streets for construction on Williamsburg's Municipal Center. Armistead Avenue and North Henry Street can serve as detours.

``Meaningful, constitutional parental consent laws are designed to help and protect minors. Today, we are voting to uphold those laws.'' - Rep. Charles Canady, R-Fla., about the House passage of a bill making it a crime to evade parental involvement laws in a pregnant teen-ager's home state by taking her to another state to have an abortion. Story, A1.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

"He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." - Matthew 24:13

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